VirtualBox

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VirtualBox
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Version: 6.1.6 updated
Upload Date: 4 May 20
Developer: Oracle
Distribution Type: Freeware
Downloads: 118
Size: 120036 Kb

Rating: 3.3/5 (Total Votes: 7)

VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). VirtualBox runs on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), and OpenBSD. VirtualBox is being actively developed with frequent releases and has an ever growing list of features, supported guest operating systems and platforms it runs on. VirtualBox is a community effort backed by a dedicated company: everyone is encouraged to contribute while innotek ensures the product always meets professional quality criteria.

What is new in this release:

GUI: show actual VM uptime in the session information window
Audio: re-enabled speakers for Mac OS X guests (5.1.0 regression; bug #15611)
Audio: fixed crashes under certain conditions
USB: fixed a hang under certain conditions
USB: fixed a hanging guest under certain conditions (bug #15747)
PIIX4: implemented dummy SMBus controller to prevent annoying Linux kernel warnings about uninitialized SMBus base address (bug #9517)
NVMe: several fixes to improve stability, fixed a crash while saving a VM state
VMDK: Fixed an issue creating fixed size images with certain sizes and the Split2G option enabled (bug #15748)
VHDX: fixed cloning images with VBoxManage clonehd (bug #14288)
Storage: Fixed broken bandwidth limitation when the limit is very low (bug #14982)
EFI: fixed sending debug messages in the EFI firmware if a serial port is enabled (bug #12161)
OVF: when importing appliances, make sure that the version of the embedded VirtualBox-specific settings is processed, to get the default settings handling right
VBoxManage: Don't try to set the medium type if there is no change (bug #13850)

What is new in version 5.1b2:

  • GUI: Mac OS X: Restore green zoom button for VM windows (it was hidden in the previous release to avoid native full-screen issues). For Yosemite and El Capitan this button should work accordingly to the Apple HIG: Full-screen by default, maximize if the user holds the Option key.
  • Serial ports: fixed wrong IRQ number for the first serial port in the ACPI tables (5.0.6 regression; bug #14659)
  • API: fixed a 5.0 regression in VBoxManage setproperty defaultfrontend (bug #14696)
  • VBoxManage/vbox-img: conversion to RAW images could result in a disk image containing all zeroes
  • Linux hosts: several fixes for systemd integration in .deb / .rpm packages (e.g. bug #14665). The command for recompiling the host kernel modules was changed to /sbin/vboxconfig
  • Linux hosts: make host-only interfaces report operstate UP only when they have VMs attached (bug #14526)
  • Mac OS X hosts: fix bpf capture and accounting of traffic on bridged and host-only interfaces (bug #14553)
  • Windows guests: fixed 3D rendering issues on high resolution displays
  • Windows Additions: fixed problems with 3D acceleration on Windows hosts with Intel HD graphics (bug #14670)
  • Linux Additions: fix service starting on Debian systems with systemd installed but not in use (bug #14683)

What is new in version 5.0.4:

  • VMM: fixed an issue with Windows 10 guest kernel debugging over the network for Hyper-V paravirtualized VMs
  • VMM: fixed a bug which prevented reading the saved state of the 'PATM' unit from VirtualBox 4.3.x
  • GUI: changed default OS type for Windows from Windows XP to Windows 7
  • GUI: added another pre-defined guest screen resolution
  • GUI: fixed update check which was broken due to changing the location of the root certificates
  • GUI: fixed issues with synchronization of Caps lock / Num lock / Scroll lock on Windows hosts
  • GUI: don't crash during VM shutdown if 2D video acceleration and 3D support are enabled (Mac OS X hosts only)
  • GUI: several seamless fixes for certain X11 window managers, also when used in multi-screen setups
  • GUI: Log window size, position and cursor-position fixes
  • Audio: fixed playing leftover/deprecated audio samples
  • Audio: fixed playing audio after suspending the host (5.0 regression; Linux hosts using the ALSA backend)
  • Audio: fixed playing short audio samples which were chopped off formerly
  • Audio: fixed distortions on OS X when the sample rate of the guest stream and host device don't match
  • Storage: fixed raw disk access and flat VMDK image access which would be always opened readonly
  • Storage: fixed initial encryption of VDI images after they were compacted
  • VGA: fix for certain graphics modes
  • NAT: don't freeze while the VM is paused if the network attachment mode is changed from/to NAT with activated port forwarding
  • OVF: fixed duplicate USB controller entries in exported OVA/OVF
  • Shared Folders: fixed a path separator issue
  • Drag and drop: fixed crashes on OS X hosts when doing host-to-guest transfers
  • VBoxManage: another attempt to not deny changing the network adapter type at VM runtime
  • VBoxManage: fixed broken guestcontrol <VM-Name> list command (5.0 regression)
  • VBoxManage: fixed broken Guest Control stdout/stderr output (5.0 regression)
  • Mac OS X hosts: fixed remaining problems with activated SMAP
  • Mac OS X hosts: fixed broken 3D support

What is new in version 5.0RC3:

  • VMM: fixed a problem with large pages in Hyper-V (see here)
  • VMM: when using the KVM PV provider, use the same frequency for all VCPUs. This will fix slow boots on certain hosts.
  • VMM: fixed a hang under certain conditions for SMP guests (32-bit hosts only)
  • VMM: several fixes
  • AHCI: fixed a crash during shutdown under rare conditions
  • AHCI: fixed crash as a result of I/O errors in certain conditions (bug #13105)
  • Audio: fixed a VM hang with the ALSA backend with certain ALSA configurations
  • VGA: fixed loading of saved state if 2D Video Acceleration is enabled (see here)
  • GUI: apply user interface settings from corresponding page only after pressing OK, not instantly on-the-fly (see here)
  • GUI: remember size-hints and enabled/disabled states for secondary guest-screens in multi-screen setups on VM restart
  • Drag and drop: various fixes for KDE-based guests
  • Drag and drop: added transferring plain text to Windows guests
  • Drag and drop: fixed transferring large files from host to Linux/Unix guests
  • Guest Control: several fixes
  • Mac OS X hosts: El Capitan fixes
  • Additions/Linux: added -s parameter to mount.vboxsf to be sloppy with invalid parameters (see here)

What is new in version 4.3.28:

  • VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation when rebooting certain guests (for example Solaris doing fast reboot) by fixing the implementation for INIT IPI
  • VMM: added some information for diagnosing rare VERR_VMX_INVALID_VMXON_PTR Guru Meditations (VT-x only)
  • GUI: HID LEDs sync: prevent synchronization if VM window has no focus (Windows and Mac OS X hosts only)
  • GUI: fixed drag and drop moving the cursor between guest screens on certain hosts
  • 3D: fixed a crash on restoring the VM state on X11 hosts (bug #12737)
  • 3D: fixed a crash on restoring the VM state
  • 3D: fixed a crash on Linux guest shutdown (bug #12772)
  • VRDP: fixed incompatibility with rdesktop 1.8.3
  • VRDP: fixed listening for IPv6 on some systems (bug #14038)
  • Storage: don't crash if creating an asynchronous I/O context fails (e.g. when starting many VMs) and show a proper error message
  • Floppy: several fixes
  • Audio: improved the behavior of the volume control for the HD audio device emulation
  • USB: increase the number of supported drivers from 3 to 5 (Windows hosts only)
  • PS/2 keyboard: synchronize the LED state on VM restore (Windows and Mac OS X hosts only)
  • NAT Network: when running multiple NAT networks with multiple VMs, only stop the respective services when stopping VMs (bug #14090)
  • NAT: don't kill UDP bindings on ICMP errors (bug #13475)
  • NAT: bandwidth limit now works properly with NAT (bug #11485)
  • BIOS: fixed the returned size value of the VBE 2.0 PMI function 0Ah (4.2.0 regression; bug #14096)
  • Guest Control: fixed parameter quoting in Windows guests (bug #13157)
  • Webcam passthrough improvements for Linux (V4L2) hosts to support more webcam models
  • API: don't fail starting a VM with VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE under certain conditions (bug #13617)
  • API: be more verbose on VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE if a medium is attached to a running VM (bug #13560)
  • API: fixed a bug which could result in losing certain screen resize events with multi-monitor guests
  • rdesktop-vrdp: fixed path to the keymaps (bug #12066)
  • rdesktop-vrdp: switch to version 1.8.3
  • Windows hosts: more hardening fixes (e.g. bugs #14051, #14052)
  • Linux hosts: another fix for activated SMAP on Linux 3.19 and newer (Broadwell and later; bug #13961)
  • Linux hosts: Linux 4.1 compile fix (bug #14081)
  • Solaris hosts: fixed using of VNIC templates with Crossbow based bridged networking to be compatible with vanity interface names
  • Mac OS X hosts: fixed crash during VM termination under rare circumstances
  • Windows Additions/WDDM: improved video memory utilization and allow more/bigger guest screens with large resolutions (including HiDPI)
  • X11 Additions: prevent flickering when updating mouse cursor
  • Solaris Additions: fixed incorrect usage of 'prtconf' while installing Guest Additions (Solaris 10 only)

What is new in version 4.3.24:

  • VMM: emulation fix for the ENTER instruction under certain conditions; fixes Solaris 10 guests (VT-x without unrestricted guest execution)
  • VMM: fix for handling NMIs on Linux hosts with X2APIC enabled
  • NAT/NAT Network: fix connection drops when the host's DHCP lease was renewed (4.3.22 regression; Windows hosts only; bug #13839)
  • NAT: don't crash on an empty domain list when switching the DNS host configuration (4.3.22 regression; Mac OS X hosts only; bug #13874)
  • PXE: re-enable it on Windows hosts (4.3.22 regression; Windows hosts only; bug #13842)
  • Shared Folders: fixed a problem with Windows guests (4.3.22 regression; bug #13786)
  • Audio: improved record quality when using the DirectSound audio backend
  • VBoxManage: when executing the controlvm command take care that the corresponding VM runtime changes are saved permanently (bug #13892)
  • Windows Installer: properly install the 32-bit version of VBoxRes.dll on 32-bit hosts (bug #13876)
  • Linux hosts / guests: Linux 4.0 fixes (bug #13835)
  • OS/2 Additions: fixed mouse integration (4.3.22 regression; bug #13825)
  • X11 Additions: fixed a sporadic failure to deactivate virtual screens (bug #13845)

What is new in version 4.3.22:

  • VMM: refined measurement of TSC frequency on the host, improves timekeeping for guests
  • VMM: decreased CPU load resulting from guest MMIO writes to the virtual APIC
  • VMM: fixed interception of debug exceptions, observed while using the dbx debugger on Solaris guests (VT-x only)
  • GUI: 3D overlay window positioning code improved, fixed potential misplacement of 3D accelerated guest graphics content
  • GUI: fixed accident SSL authentication failures during update check on Windows hosts (bug #12969)
  • GUI: never send the "ACPI power" keyboard scancode to the guest, we have the ACPI power button for that
  • GUI: was unable to properly restore seamless mode VM from snapshot/saved-state under some circumstances
  • VBoxHeadless: don't crash if 3D is enabled in the VM settings (bug #10250)
  • ATA: fixed several passthrough issues (bugs #12310, #1360)
  • Audio: fixed DirectSound failure when the the host has no audio input device (Windows hosts only; bug #9205)
  • SB16: fixed compatibility issue (bug #13769)
  • Storage: fixed broken CD/DVD passthrough when using the IDE controller (bug #12310)
  • NAT: new ping proxy for Windows hosts (bug #11871)
  • NAT: Properly report outbound connect(2) failures to guest with TCP RST or ICMP (bug #10525)
  • NAT Network: no need for frequent wakeups in VBoxNetDHCP and VBoxNetNAT (bug #11681)
  • Host-only adapter: prevent Windows from creating an "Unidentified network" (bug #9688)
  • Bridged Networking: don't leak host-to-guest traffic to the wireless network when bridging to a wireless interface (bug #13714)
  • Main: fixed a possible race when changing the medium leading to a deadlock under rare conditions (bug #13722)
  • VBoxManage: fixed return code if starting a VM failed (bug #13773)
  • API: fixed 2 deadlock opportunities related to medium handling (bugs #13789, #13801, thank you Alexander Urakov)
  • API: fixed bug in XPCOM which created too few worker threads, sporadically resulting in a deadlock (bug #13802, thank you Alexander Urakov)
  • SDK: fixed a garbage collection leak in the Python VirtualBox webservice API binding (bug #13817)
  • Linux hosts: fixes for activated SMAP (Broadwell and later, bug #13820)
  • X11 guests: prevent unwanted hiding of guest screens on multi-monitor guests (bug #13287)
  • X11 guests: added support for X.Org Server 1.17
  • X11 Additions: fixed a memory leak in VBoxService if libdbus is available but dbus-daemon isn't running (bug #13770)
  • Windows Additions: prevent VBox WDDM driver from loading if host reports weak OpenGL capabilities. 3D content now can be shown over Remote Desktop connection.
  • Winodws Additions: some fixes for recent Windows 10 Previews
  • Linux Additions: fixed a compatibility issue with 64-bit Linux 2.4 kernels
  • Linux Additions: fixed a potential use-after-free when unloading the VBoxGuest module
  • Linux Additions: Linux 3.19 fixes (bug #13741)

What is new in version 4.3.20:

  • VMM: fixed reboot hang of 32-bit Windows SMP guests (bug #13319, #13462)
  • VMM: proper Math Fault handling with certain legacy guests (bug #9042, AMD hosts)
  • VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation VINF_EM_TRIPLE_FAULT on older CPUs that don't support MSR-bitmaps (VT-x only; bugs #13034, #13125, #13311, #13425, #13426, #13463, #13585)
  • GUI: fix 3D overlay window re-parenting issue when VM goes to full screen mode on X11 hosts.
  • GUI: fix occasional loss of focus in full-screen mode on X11 host systems (4.3.16 regression)
  • GUI: Mac OS X: wizards should have Cancel button (bug #12541)
  • GUI: added a global option to prevent automatic raising of the new window by mouse move with multi-screen guests (bug #8878)
  • API: accept remote display port 0 as the default RDP port (bug #8534)
  • VBoxManage: fixed crash when executing showvminfo command under certain circumstances (bug #13190)
  • ACPI: fixed occasional Guru Meditations in ACPI timer code (4.3.18 regression; bug #13521)
  • EFI: improved performance of IDE disk access
  • EFI: fixed a bug in the EFI video driver which prevented Windows to boot in UEFI mode (bug #12022)
  • EFI: properly announce the amount of RAM for big VMs (bugs #11103 and #13211)
  • Storage: fixed a crash under certain circumstances when a medium was ejected from a drive attached to the SATA controller without inserting a new medium before pausing or closing the VM (4.3.16 regression)
  • Storage: fixed an interrupt acknowledge issue causing hanging guests or slower I/O (4.3.18 regression)
  • Storage: fixed broken resume after the VM was suspended due to a full disk if host I/O caching is used
  • Storage: fixed a Guru Meditation under certain conditions when using the DevLsiLogic controller with VMs running in raw mode (4.3 regression; bugs #12254, #12655, #12709, #12774, #12886)
  • Guest Control: fixed a bug which might lead to a crash during recursive copy
  • SDK: Java COM bindings fixes
  • iPXE: enable the HTTP download protocol (bug #13628)
  • Runtime: do not use a fixed stack size creating temporary threads during initialization (bug #13038)
  • Windows hosts: fixed more startup problems on certain Windows hosts due to conflicts with anti-virus software; better error reporting (4.3.14 regression; bug #13187)
  • Windows hosts: fixed DirectSound host audio failure under certain conditions (bug #13418)
  • Windows hosts: fixed additional cases of 4.3.14 regression whereby AltGr stopped working for some people (bug #13216)
  • Windows Additions: preserve guest monitor layout when resizing Windows 7 or newer guests
  • Linux Additions: Linux 3.18 compile fixes (bug #13515)

What is new in version 4.3.18:

- VMM: fixed a potential misbehavior after restoring the A20 state from a saved state
- GUI: fixed full-screen mode mini-toolbar related regressions for different platforms and window managers (bug #13369)
- GUI: X11: fixed full-screen mode Unity panels quirk caused by mini-toolbar code changes in last release (bug #13365)
- GUI: X11: added possibility to use legacy full-screen mode as the new one can cause multi-screen issues under Unity, see the manual for more information (bug #13365)
- GUI: Mac OS X: fixed full-screen mode artifact causing black screen when 3D acceleration was enabled on 10.10 Yosemite hosts (bug #13448)
- GUI: Mac OS X: fixed regression in user-space swiping from/to VBox in full-screen mode
- GUI: Mac OS X: fixed issue with switching to VBox in full-screen mode through Alt+Tab and Mission Control
- Storage: fixed data corruption when resizing huge VHD images under certain circumstances (bug #11960)
- Storage: fixed a rare hang during startup when the BIOS enumerates the storage devices attached to the SATA controller
- Storage: follow the spec with AHCI interrupt acknowledge (bug #13474)
- Storage: fixed broken iSCSI authentication (4.3.14 regression, bugs #13386, #13435)
- NAT Network: properly parse port forwarding rules to allow UDP rules
- USB: fixed a crash on Linux hosts with older Linux kernels (bug #13400) and several other fixes
- ACPI: fixed ACPI timer anomalies (bug #12076)
- Guest Control: fixed a memory leak (bug #13434)
- Main: when removing a VM, do also remove the VBoxStartup.log file which might exist on Windows hosts (bug #13478)
- Windows hosts: fixed more startup problems on certain Windows hosts due to conflicts with anti-virus software; better error reporting (4.3.14 regression; bug #13187)
- Windows hosts: propagate the process startup information to the child process (4.3.14 regression; bug #13243)
- Mac OS X hosts: don't force using the discrete GPU (bug #11111)
- Windows Additions: some Windows 10 tweaks
- X11 guests: fix a bug handling video driver display properties which prevented GNOME Shell on Fedora 21 from starting
- Linux hosts / guests: fixed a few remaining warnings in the kernel log if memory allocation fails (bug #11171)

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